§ MR. DE LISLE (Leicestershire, Mid)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether he will consider the advisability of widening and altering Essex Street, Strand, now a cul de sac, so as to make Essex Street a thoroughfare running directly to and from, and at right angles to, the main south entrance of the Law Courts and the Temple Landing Stage, thus joining the Strand and the Thames Embankment midway between Blackfriars Bridge and Westminster Bridge, for the further relief of congested traffic, and to enhance the dignity and beauty of the Law Courts, as set forth in a work entitled "The Majesty of London?"
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. PLUNKET,) University of DublinI have no control over nor, in fact, anything to do with the approaches to the Law Courts. I have no authority to make new streets or subways, and if T had the authority I have not the funds.